December 23, 2019 Show with Josh Fryman on “The Importance of Fellowship in a Believer’s Life”

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Fellowship as Mutual Edification and Accountability

In the life, as sweet as fellowship, as we share each other's lives. For there's nothing as sweet as fellowship, as we share each other's lives. We're talking about sweet fellowship, sweet fellowship, sweet fellowship.

Good afternoon, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Lake City, Florida. And the rest of humanity living on the planet Earth who are listening via live streaming at ironsharpensironradio .com. This is Chris Arnzen your host of iron sharpens iron radio wishing you all a happy Monday on this 23rd day of December 2019.

Day before Christmas Eve and that song should give you an indication of what we're going to be discussing today. Our theme is the importance of fellowship in a believer's life and here to discuss it is a returning guest.

Who is one of my dearest friends and a man who almost became my pastor. After visiting his congregation for a number of months and worshipping with him and fellowshipping with him. And learning from him and all kinds of wonderful things that God blessed me with.

Through that church in Riverhead, Long Island where he formerly pastored. It was my intention to remain in permanent residence there but God had other plans. He moved me to Pennsylvania which prevented Josh the nightmare of having me as a congregant under his pastoral care.

And Pastor Josh providentially moved to North Dakota where he now pastors. New Testament Baptist Church of Laramore, North Dakota. And it's my honor and privilege and delight to have you back on iron sharpens iron radio my dear friend Pastor Josh Fryman.

Thank you Chris. Yeah. Merry Christmas to you. I'm a little embarrassed. I'm sorry? I'm a little embarrassed. Why? Very quick of you. But I'm glad that it worked. That was actually the group, one of my favorite recording groups, Acapella.

Produced and written and directed by Keith Lancaster. And the name of the album is actually Sweet Fellowship and so is the song. But I think a perfect song to describe what we're, or to introduce us I should say.

To the theme at hand, the importance of fellowship in a believer's life. Before we get to that theme Pastor Josh. If you could let our listeners know something about New Testament Baptist Church of Laramore, North Dakota.

This is the first time I've had you on, I believe, I could be wrong. But I think this is the first time I've had you on where you were pastoring this specific church.

Yes, that's correct. Great, and if anybody wants more information on New Testament Baptist Church of Laramore, North Dakota.

You can go to Laramore, and that's N-T-B-C after that. Laramore is L-A-R-I-M-O-R-E N-T-B-C. Which stands for New Testament Baptist Church dot org. Laramore N-T-B-C dot org. And we hopefully will remember to repeat that information later on in the program.

This is a very important theme. Somebody, in fact many people, might very wrongly assume on face value. Seeing that in the promotional material and also hearing the announcements. That theme, the importance of fellowship in a believer's life.

They might wrongly view this as some kind of a light, fluffy kind of a topic that we are addressing today. But I think that it is sometimes the matter of life and death. It is a very serious topic. In fact, allow me to be so bold as saying.

One of the key factors involved in my own personal testimony Where I, tragically, after 18 years of sobriety as a Christian Returned to the sin of habitual drunkenness Was because my fellowship with other believers.

Which also involves accountability. Dwindled to nearly non-existence. And I think that one of the aspects of the importance of fellowship Is keeping each other accountable. I have never met a lone wolf or maverick Christian.

Wandering around by themselves. That didn't have, eventually, something tragic happen in their own lives. Sometimes an abandonment of faith. All kinds of things can happen. But let's have your words be prominent in this discussion.

If you could, it might sound like a silly question. But why don't you define for us the word fellowship. At least in the manner with which we are using it today. I'm disappointed that during one of my many trips to Prague I didn't bump into you there.

Sorry about that, continue. If you saw someone duck into the coffee shop real fast. Hiding behind a Chinaman. I hope your listeners understand that. There's a lot of our in here.

No disrespect. In fact, let me quick before you return to that story. I want to thank you, in case I forget to later Thank you for the fellowship And also the shepherding and the teaching and preaching that you provided When I was newly released For lack of a better term From a Christian drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in North Carolina.

Hebron Colony Ministries. I will sing their praises until the day I am called home to glory. A very fine ministry. It's actually also free of charge For men who are battling the sin of addiction Addictions of all kinds.

I was actually one of the few there That was there because of the sin of habitual drunkenness. The vast majority were drug addicts. And even in that category, the vast majority were The abuse, the serious abuse of prescription drugs.

But your fellowship I think was a vital, vital Spoke in the wheel of God's sovereignty and providence That helped to restore me to a sound mind And to prepare me for a life of sobriety Which I continue into this day.

And I can never thank you enough, Brother Josh, for that.

I mean that, amen.

You met a Chinaman in Prague, and I'm sorry if I've.

No, no, it's really not good. It's not good for individuals, it's not good for church. He's back hundreds of years With each other.

I'm sorry that you saw that film of the worship service at my congregation. Well, I didn't want to say it. No, Grace Baptist wouldn't even come close to anything that horrific. No, I know.

Really fall one to another. It should not be the case. But it is.

And as far as The importance of with whom we share this fellowship I believe that. And I'm sure you would concur. And if you could follow up after I finish explaining what I mean. Obviously, every Christian should not be Isolated in an evangelical monastery of some kind Where they only are in the presence And enjoying the company of fellow Christians We must be in the world.

Even though we are to be not of the world. I remember my very first pastor after I was a born-again Christian. My very first pastor, Mike Gaydosh Preached a phenomenal message and I still remember it all these years later.

Jesus Christ, friend of sinners, separate from sinners. And I think that we all as Christians need to follow that example. But although we have friendships with sinners And we are a light to them, we are an ambassador for Christ to them.

We are to demonstrate not only the love and compassion And mercy and grace and tenderness of Christ to them But we are also to declare The unwaveringly biblical gospel of Jesus Christ That may offend them Even to the point of their abandoning us as friends forever.

Just as many who followed Christ did Obviously with the caveat that we don't need to add our own offensiveness to the gospel Because the gospel itself offends those who hate it. But even though we are obviously to have friends who are sinners We are not to be so involved with them and linked with them That we start to fall into the same behaviors as they express and participate And so on.

And the key here of fellowship, I'm sure you are intending to convey here. Is that we are to predominantly Not exclusively, but predominantly be in the fellowship In the company of true believers. And would you say that for some of us That have a past where we have been rescued by God Redeemed by God from something like an addiction or something like that.

We have to be even particular about the Christian friends Who dominate our company. I'm not saying that we are supposed to be snobs And avoid hanging out with certain brethren and so on. But our goal should be to predominate or dominate our time With certain kinds of believers.

Am I off base here? No, I mean it wasn't about. So you have this unity. And yes, you are not a local assembly. And if you look at a pagan culture We do have to engage with. And that unity only comes when you get baptized.

I mean that's good to spend time with them. Pastor Josh, were you saying something? Well, if that didn't prove there is no difference Between my sermons and my interview, nothing would.

No, you are doing an excellent job. Sorry folks, if it appears I was making light of something serious. I just miss my laughter filled moments. With my friend Josh, who nearly became my pastor. But yeah, I think that you are spot on.

On everything that you are saying. As we return from our first break I would appreciate you Perhaps giving us some examples of things That should Especially those things that are essential To take place In true, biblical, godly, Christ-honoring fellowship.

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And perhaps Even essential elements.

The Church, Baptism, and Fellowship with True Believers

Yeah, that's absolutely fine. Think about what salvation How he didn't set his The Lord is saying Why I'm doing this God is part He speaks fellowship One with another He is And I don't want to I want to walk in his.

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Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read. He who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own.

You need to read.

Solid Ground Christian Books is a publisher and book distributor who takes these words of the Prince of Preachers to heart. The mission of Solid Ground Christian Books is to bring back treasures of the past to minister to Christians in the present and future, and to publish new titles that address burning issues in the church and the world.